tuig

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch tuyg (tools, apparatus, utensil, ornament), from Old Dutch *tiug, from Proto-Germanic *tiugiją, *teugą (stuff, matter, device), from *teuhaną (to lead, bring, pull), from Proto-Indo-European *dewk- (to pull, lead). Cognate with German Zeug (thing, device).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tœy̯x/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -œy̯x

Noun

tuig n (plural tuigen, diminutive tuigje n)

  1. thing
  2. device
  3. riff-raff
  4. (nautical) rig, rigging
  5. harness

Derived terms

Verb

tuig

  1. first-person singular present indicative of tuigen
  2. imperative of tuigen

Hiligaynon

Noun

túig

  1. year

Usage notes

Also used as a verb.

Derived terms


Irish

Alternative forms

  • tig (Cois Fharraige)

Etymology

From Middle Irish tuicid, from Old Irish ·tuicci, prototonic form of do·uicci, perfective form of do·beir.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t̪ˠɪɟ/

Verb

tuig (present analytic tuigeann, future analytic tuigfidh, verbal noun tuiscint, past participle tuigthe)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) understand
    1. know meaning of, comprehend
    2. know nature of
    3. know reason for
    4. have feeling for
    5. realize
    6. assume to be true

Conjugation

  • Alternative verbal noun: tuigbheáil

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
tuig thuig dtuig
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading


Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish tuicid, from Old Irish ·tuicci, prototonic form of do·uicci, perfective form of do·beir.

Verb

tuig (past thuig, future tuigidh, verbal noun tuigsinn, past participle tuigte)

  1. understand, comprehend, realize
    Tha mi a' tuigsinn.I am understanding, I understand
    Thuig mi e.I understood him/it.
    A bheil sin air thuigsinn?Is that understood?

Derived terms


Waray-Waray

Noun

tuig

  1. year
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